Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Boston-Townes family. Papers, 1887-1920. 0.33 cubic feet and one volume.

Call No.

Mss. A B747 9-10, 15

Content

Collection consists of original letters and a transcript volume [including letters not donated, family histories and biographical sketches, recipes, and footnotes providing context to events and people mentioned in the letters]. Fay Townes served in the United States Navy during World War I, but the letters do not go in to detail about his duties (fld. 9-10, transcript pp. 155-89).

Subject Heading

World War, 1914-1918